August 11, 2002, 23:57
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King
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Can a Monolith disappear?
I'm playing my second SMAC (Patch 4) game as Gaians on Specialist level. I captured a neighbouring Believers' base which had a Monolith adjacent to the base square. I repaired two damaged mindworms and a conventional unit at the Monolith. In the next turn, the Monolith simply disappeared!
Has anyone else come across this phenomenon? Is there a maximum on the number of times a Monolith can be used per turn?
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August 12, 2002, 00:36
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Emperor
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Monoliths have a set chance for disappearance every time they are used. I beleive it is something like 1/32 probability the monolith will disappear. Cold happen the first time you use or the 100th time you use it.
Og
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August 12, 2002, 00:46
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King
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Thanks for the info, OO. Is this documented? I don't have the manual so I'm finding things out from the downloadable guides and by trial and error (applying many of the principles of Civ2).
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August 12, 2002, 17:05
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August 15, 2002, 04:39
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IIRC, monoliths have a certain number of randomly generated "uses." After a monolith is "used" up it simply disappears.
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August 15, 2002, 22:07
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King
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Thanks for the previous thread reference, TKG.
I think this forum could do with a systematic compilation of undocumented features as well as the distilled wisdom of past posters ala Civ2's Great Library. Any Thinker/Librarians game for the task?
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